Europeans and America Outraged About Execution of Troy Davis

The execution of Troy Davis has sent shockwaves throughout the nation, and has caused worldwide protests in America and Europe. Mr. Davis’ execution is a heartbreaking reminder that injustice, hatred and discrimination prevails, and is spreading like an uncontrollable wildfire that is taking the lives of innocent victims around the world.

Even though Troy Davis is no longer among us, this unjust execution should be indelibly etched upon the soul and conscience of the world. We must never forget that there are thousands, even millions of innocent people like Troy Davis who are unfairly and inhumanly incarcerated and living under the same threat of death. My brothers and sisters, this will continue to happen until we rise up and demand a higher standard of justice and an even greater degree of legal accountability. We must ensure that Troy Davis did not die in vain. May his death be the spark that ignites us to challenge such reprehensible miscarriage of justice and demand that America lives up to the true ideals of freedom, justice and liberty for all; the very same ideals upon which it was originally created!

Internationally renowned author, columnist and Civil Rights leader Terry Angel Mason has penned an inspiring, timely poem, titled “I Am Truth,” as a response to the global outcry of Troy Davis’ execution. The gripping poem honors Davis and victims around the world who lost their lives due to violence and hatred. Please review the poem, which is included in the body of this correspondence. We encourage you and we exhort to publish this poem in your publication because we have no doubt that your readers will be moved, touched and inspired by its message.

“I Am Truth” is a powerful poem that chronicles the past and present civil rights struggles of African Americans. African Americans (both heterosexuals and same-gender-loving people) are dying needlessly due to violent hate crimes and injustice.

As you know, President Obama recently spoke out about the rising violence against same-gender-loving people on two separate occasions because hate crimes against same-gender-loving people are spiraling out of control all over the world. In one of his recent speeches, the president declared, “We must stop waiting for a hero to come and become the hero and save ourselves.”

Angel Mason is a hero to millions, and works tirelessly to combat hate, injustice and violence across America. His mission is to save the lives of innocent people around the globe. We look forward to working with you to help make that dream a reality. Thank you in advance for your support and for adding your editorial voice and influence to right a horrific wrong and save the lives of multitudes by sharing Angel’s compelling message of equality, love and hope with your readers.

Florence Edwards 

Ms. Edwards holds a Masters of Arts degree in Mass Communications. For more information about Florence or Publicity 911, visit www.Publicity911.com.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF TROY DAVIS - I AM TRUTH!
by Internationally Acclaimed Author and Intl. Columnist – Terry Angel Mason

I AM TRUTH - IN LOVING MEMORY OF TROY DAVIS 

Poem by  Terry Angel Mason, Internationally Acclaimed Author and Columnist

I AM TRUTH!  You know… the one you lock out of your heart and out of your mind when you prefer to walk in darkness.

I am the one that liberates men from fear, deception, false perceptions, dishonesty, and unethical practices so that they may truly see and experience wholeness and abundance.

You know me well, so don’t try to deny who I am and what I am by acting like you are unfamiliar with me when you are around your friends.

I was the one that you locked away for decades so that you could ease your guilty conscience when you enslaved innocent Africans for hundreds of years.

Now, Now, Now! Let’s keep it real! You know that as long as you could rape the women of Africa and exploit the Mother Land’s male children to work your farms, pick your cotton, and provide the physical labor to build your financial portfolios and institutions, that you would have imprisoned me forever if you could have gotten away with it.

I am the one you blindfolded and handcuffed so you could kill Emmett Till in Mississippi and those four innocent Black children in Birmingham, Alabama, by bombing Negro churches during the Civil Rights Movement because you wanted to feel superior to the disenfranchised and the poor and maybe even wipe out their existence from the Earth.

And if the truth be told, I was the one that you nailed to a cross over 2,000 years ago on Calvary’s hill because my cutting-edge message was so radical, it made you see that your man made rituals, ceremonies, and legalistic practices were not the way to eternal life and had absolutely no redeeming value!

Dismissing me from your mind made it easy for you to kill prophets, assassinate Presidents and Civil Rights leaders, persecute countless races and steal their land, assets, and women because of your endless need to fulfill your greed and fleshly desires.

I am the one that you shoved in the corner because your desire to hate and discriminate was so strong until if you had not eliminated and disempowered me, you could have never felt justified in murdering and raping gay youths like Damian Furtch, Larry Bland, David Kato, Jason Mattison Jr., George Lopez Mercado, Marcellus Andrews,  Matthew Shepard and Lawrence King or feel good about falsely proclaiming yourselves as emissaries from Heaven, breathing out endless hate-filled slogans during Gay Pride Parades as you pompously held up signs saying, “God Hates Fags!”

I am the one Pastors had the ushers escort out of the church because he feared repercussions that would result in the losses of tithes and offerings had he dared tell the truth. Because had he stood up for me by telling his parishioners that no matter what we believe in the Bible or how we interpret the Bible, it does not ever give us the right to hate or follow the insane masses by condoning witch hunts and heinous hate crimes.

I tried to tell you how acquainted with love I am and how the two of us have known each other for millenniums, but you still try to discredit our relationship. Because to acknowledge it would mean that you would have to hear the voices of the children who are crying out and admitting today, “Yes, we are same-gender-loving people, but we just want a chance to love the person who is our true soul mate; a chance to possess the same rights that you enjoy. We just want a chance to experience the joy of celebration as our friends and families are gathered around us like they were at your weddings, as we celebrate our Covenant unions.”

Come, on now…don’t act like you don’t know me!

I know that it is painful to look at me with discerning eyes of clarity because you would rather see life through rose-colored glasses so you can continue to rob the unsuspecting masses in your corporate meetings, steal their stocks and bonds, avoid the payment of taxes that you owe, and initiate hostile business takeovers so you can continue to lavish yourselves with materials things that eventually the righteous shall possess in the end because of your unethical practices.

I am the one you hid away from your conscience and locked in a closet so your God-given attributes of kindness, compassion, equity, and love for all humanity could never express themselves in the dawn of any new day.

Isn’t it funny?! I was around before your mother ever conceived you, but you think that because you have a college education and a piece of paper in your hand that you call a degree and you can quote a few memorized scriptures, that you know more than me. How foolish! How arrogant! How unwise!

Even though I possess more power than you do and I have existed longer than you could ever imagine, I refuse to make you listen to me by overriding your will or God-given right to choose, even though your only intent is to deceive, humiliate, kill, steal, and destroy the innocent lives of others.

But know this! In the end, you shall not prevail because I am going to be present at your Eternal Hearing, and I am going to reveal every lie you told, every evil scheme you thought of, every life you stole, every career you ruined by character assignation, every fear you fertilized because it benefited your evil cause, every false doctrine, and Biblical principle and concept that you distorted to discriminate and marginalize so that you could keep people from possessing what is rightfully theirs.

And the very ones you robbed, exploited, stole from, told would never gain entrance into Heaven, hated, falsely accused and executed by lethal injection (like Troy Davis), and authored bills to deny them of their Civil rights will be in that same courtroom as justice prevails.

So go on...do your thing because it won’t change who I am. It won’t change my complexion. It won’t change my mission. It won’t distort my vision.  It won’t lesson my power, and it won’t wipe out my existence because in the end, there is only one voice that will be heard above all other voices throughout eternity and that voice is mine. For I AM TRUTH!

By Angel Mason, Global Author

An excerpt from the most anticipated new book of the year: They Say That I Am Broken

www.terryangelmason.com

Without question, Angel Mason is an extraordinary poet who eloquently expands and redefines the traditional idea of the love poem in creative and ingenious ways. Mason's literary compositions have consistently earned him numerous literary nominations; while at the same time, gaining a place of reverence in the hearts and minds of thousands of readers -- both men and women worldwide. His electrifying writings are destined to make him one of the foremost voices of the African-American experience. We have no doubt that the artistry and enduring vision that Mason demonstrates in his compelling books will inspire a revolutionary awakening world-wide; and continue to influence our culture, reshape our thinking, and touch our hearts and lives for decades!

About Global Author Terry Angel Mason

Terry Angel Mason is an internationally renowned author, columnist, keynote speaker, poet, singer, songwriter, minister, and Civil Rights activist who currently resides is Southern California. He is the author of three popular titles, Love Won't Let Me Be Silent, They Say That I am Broken, and The Dream Keeper, set to be released in 2012. A revered leader and global change agent, Terry Angel Mason's mission is to inspire, educate and empower millions around the world, and promote love and acceptance for all people. A highly sought after author and activist, Mason has been featured in The East County Magazine, Five (5) Magazine, Whosoever Magazine, SGL Weekly Magazine, Outword Magazine, The NBJC Newsletter, The Advocate, Frontier Magazine, Broadway World, The Windy City Times Newspaper, New Pittsburgh Courier, New England Informer, Our Weekly Magazine, Out Impact, The San Diego Gay and Lesbian News, The San Diego Gay and Lesbian Times, The San Diego Union Tribune, ME Magazine, POZ Magazine, The New Civil Rights Online Magazine, A&U Magazine, Religious Tolerance, Marriage Equality International, Homorazzi, BN&S News Commentary, Real Health Magazine, Q Magazine, MSNBC News Vine, ILGA, Out Military Online Magazine, Proud Parenting Web Magazine, Fuse Magazine, Echelon Magazine, The Bay Area Reporter, Connextions Magazine, and in many other publications.                

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Angel Mason, Global Author
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Dear Mr. Manago, 

When I awakened this morning, I noticed a message in my inbox from Brothers Helping Brothers – and a brief comment you posted in response to my article entitled “Ugandan Homophobia Spreads to Ghana.”  First, I wish to state that the actual name of the essay is entitled: THE UGANDAN HOMOPHOBIC PLAGUE THAT HAS SPREAD AND INFESTED GHANA!

Often, when my articles are published on various sites, the owners of those sites will from time to time alter the original title – as was done in this case. I am however, extremely grateful to the countless national and international magazines and news publications who publish my material. No one is obligated to do so, nor do I compensate anyone for publishing anything that I write! 

To be honest with you, I don’t normally respond to comments like yours because the greater good is being served when articles of this nature are printed, and critical information is being disseminated that can potentially save the lives of countless LGBT individuals globally. 

I realize that when the Creator gives individuals like you and I platforms, what we do and say impacts so many, and we must be ever mindful of that fact and endeavor as best as we can to convey messages to our readers that will truthfully inform them, inspire them, and effect global change for the betterment of ALL humanity.

Mr. Manago, I regret removing your comment in an effort to respond to your message earlier (just a foolish blunder on my part). However, I did not want you or my readers to think that I had intentionally removed it to prevent anyone from seeing what you wrote, and that is why I am restating your comment in this “OPEN LETTER” and placing it again, where you originally posted it. It is clear to me that your intent for writing the comment was for readers who follow this Facebook link to see it, and I want to make sure that they have the opportunity to do so! The following is your comment reposted verbatim:
 

 Posted by Cleo Manago: 

This title, "Ugandan Homophobia Spreads to Ghana,' frankly, is a under-informing, and misdirected title. It should be called "Scott Lovely’s funded and instigated Anti-Homosexual Poison Spreads from Euro Christianized Ugandans to Euro Christianized Ghanaians." We are so apprehensive to tell the whole truth and expose the real source of the conflict.

Mr. Manago, I have not had the privilege of meeting you personally, but what I have read and heard is that you are a champion of human rights and that you are highly esteemed and respected by many. It is for this reason that admittedly, your comment stunned me! The reason why it did was because it seems to me that if anyone would understand the plight of our struggle as a globally oppressed people, it would be you, so I was disappointed that your comment unfairly criticized my efforts and you made assumptions that were unfounded.

Everyone on this site and countless others have benefited from my series of ongoing essays and articles and know firsthand that I don’t mince words to avoid hurting feelings. Rather, I am known as a maverick who speaks truth to power and tells that truth in wisdom, love and integrity because I believe that is the only way positive change will be successfully manifested in our world.

It is apparent to me that you have not read my previous article (s) entitled: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ARCHITECTS OF THE UGANDAN GAY GENOCIDE or every listened to my audio excerpt entitled: “UGANDA, UGANDA, MY HEART WEEPS FOR YOU!”  (Audio link for Uganda, Uganda, My Heart Weeps  for You) 

Had you done so, I sincerely believe that you could have never conceived in your heart and mind to post such a comment!

 If you recall, the “KILL THE GAYS BILL” drew international attention and hundreds of bloggers, renowned writers and famed essayists wrote many articles about it, as did I. While the Ghana issue has drawn a fair amount of media attention, what is going on in Ghana has not. I must be honest with you. I have many friends in Uganda, but more in Ghana, so I am extremely concerned about their well-being and safety. 

If everything I have heard about you is true, and you have the audience and the influence that others say you do, then I reach out and appeal to you as a brother helping another brother. I implore you to help our cause and not hurt it! Why not use your ingenious abilities, God-given writing skills and influence to pen articles about this topic that you believe is compelling and enlightening?

It is my fervent belief that if your “critical energy” was directed in a positive manner regarding this urgent matter, then you would be living up to the high calling and the rich works you are known for producing.  Mr. Manago, we live in a critical time in which we cannot afford the luxury of divisive egotism and rash rushes to judgment. We must unite with each other, support each other, and complement each other because the well-being and very existence of our people is at stake in various parts of the world. 

We would be horribly remiss if we lost sight of this very important perspective because of acts of intellectual arrogance. For the sake of our people, I once again implore you to join with me in truth and positivity as I endeavor to continue to shine a media spotlight on the dire plight of our African brothers and sisters.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Angel Mason, Global Author and Intl. Columnist 

I LOVINGLY REMIND YOU MR. MANAGO - THERE IS A KING IN YOU!

ADDENDUM: 

Mr. Manago, this is a letter I just received from an LGBTI South African Woman. It underscores and dramatically drives home the need for us as LGBTI writers to work with each other to "cure" this virulent infection of homophobia which is now being documented in yet another African country! 

Please note: LGBTI-(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Intersexed. An intersexed person has attributes or qualities of both sexes).

Life in South Africa as a gay black foreigner is a horrendous and horrific nightmare. Well, many days I wish it were just a nightmare. But it is the reality for me. This reality is one full of intolerance, discrimination and prejudice. I am a refugee and a gay activist – this is my story. 

I fled my home in Congo after my mother tried to inject me with a syringe full of gasoline when she discovered that I was gay. My friends and family shunned and banished me. I had nowhere to go, so I came to South Africa. 

I came full of hope that things would get better; that I would be able to live my life without fear of being persecuted for who I am. And in some ways I do feel safer here than I did in Congo. But after being here for a year, I can honestly say that this hope did not come true. 

Life is tough here. It is hard! Firstly, there is a lot of homophobia in the Congolese community in South Africa. When I first arrived, I lived with my cousin. When he found out from my family in Congo that I was gay, he kicked me out on the street. My mother ensured that no other family member in South Africa took me in after that. Since then I have moved around a lot, living in different Congolese people. The story is always the same: once they detect that I am gay, they kick me out.

I have also lived in some shelters, but there I have experienced xenophobia from South Africans. Even some members from the South African LGBTI community were not helpful. Their priority is to help South African LGBTI individuals and   other LGBTI refugees like me have less access to support groups and assistance. It is tiring to be reminded every day that you are ‘not a South African’, and it hurt even more when it came from other LGBTI people.

I wish I could just get on my feet and find a job. But finding a job in South Africa is tough enough as it is; trying to find a job as an openly gay foreigner is close to impossible. I have been looking for a job since I came here and I felt that most of the managers were judging me by my ‘gay’ physical appearance. Although the South African constitution protects LGBTI people from discrimination, homophobia is deeply rooted in South African society. The majority of South Africans, like in most other African countries, think homophobia is a western culture emulated by some African youths who are being recruited by white sugar daddies into homosexuality.

What can be done to change the desperate situation that I and countless other LGBTI refugees in South Africa are facing?  Changing the culture of homophobia is difficult, but it has to be done, step by step. More people need to start to campaign against homophobia within our communities. We need to raise awareness and take action against xenophobia and racism in parts of the South African LGBTI community. We need to create a shelter or accommodation for LGBTI refugees in South Africa to help them get on their feet. We have to build up a job referral system for LGBTI people to tolerant or ‘gay-friendly’ businesses and managers.

It is unlikely that things will get better in the near future. Yesterday, I got kicked out by yet another Congolese host, on my 22^nd birthday. But hope is what dies last. AND I WILL SURVIVE!

Recently, you may have heard the news that the esteemed CNN news anchor, Don Lemon has "come out" and announced to the world that he is a gay or a same-gender-loving man. I congratulate him for taking this very courageous and personally liberating step. However, I am also extremely dismayed that he is being criticized for why it took him so long to do so.

Some say that Lemon came out to create buzz about the release of his new book, Transparent, and to increase book sales when his memoir is released. Others are criticizing him because he did not make a bolder public announcement. As a same-gender-loving man, I know that it is not uncommon for gay people to delay announcing to friends and family that they are gay, and perhaps with good reason! Even though America purports itself to be a democratic nation that embraces all cultures, religions, and ethnicities, regrettably, still many Americans unfairly bash President Obama, spewing out racial slurs like venomous snakes characteristic of the 60's and adamantly oppose equal rights for same-gender-loving people--specifically in regards to marriage equality. One need look no further then the fierce battlegrounds of New York City, where a heated contentious war is being waged against same-gender-loving people to prevent them from marrying the person of their own choosing.

In the past three years there has been an unprecedented number of youth and young adults committing suicide because of gay bullying. Movies and music have been saturated for decades with gay slurs, homophobic lyrics and stereotypical story lines that insult, demean and discriminate against gay people, much like blacks were portrayed in black and white films in the past.

Noted Essayist, Cleo Manago, founder and CEO of the African, American Advocacy, Support-Services & Survival Institute (AmASSI), could be named among the long list of critics, who in my opinion engaged in the recent bashing and criticizing of Lemon for not being more vocal on issues that relate to the African-American community and insinuating that the only reason Lemon was selected by CNN is because he is a fair-skinned brother whom as Manago puts it, "may possibly be in his position at CNN because he is a light-skinned, homosexual Black man who is likely seen, by Whites, as less threatening than another type of Black man."

While I do agree with Manago, that CNN has skirted around and even blatantly ignored pertinent issues that pertain to the African American community and same-gender-loving people, I do not agree with his assessment of Mr. Lemon's journalistic skills, qualifications and/or CNN's reasons for hiring Don. Don is a man of integrity. He is personable and caring, in addition to being an excellent journalist who is more than qualified to be an anchor for CNN.

Moreover, I applaud CNN for supporting Don in his decision to make his sexual preference public and I believe that they were very wise to do so! Rachel Maddow, as you know is perhaps one of the most respected and courageous same-gender-loving female journalists on television today! People all over the world regularly view her telecast and appreciate her thorough, unbiased, incisive cutting-edge style of reporting. I sincerely believe that because Don has elected to be more transparent regarding his personal life, that he is poised and primed to become one of CNN's most dynamic and most watched anchors, who will boldly seize new opportunities to address many of the issues that Mr. Manago claims are intentionally omitted by CNN.

I'd like to remind everyone involved in any type of judgmental action, that Don Lemon's private life is exactly that, "Private!" No one but God is privy to the elements, factors and reasons that motivated him to bravely announce to the world that he refuses to go on hiding this aspect of his "Private" life any longer. Furthermore, it is clear to me that he is self-assured and comfortable enough in his own skin to publicly say to the world, this is who I am! You may judge me on my professional merits and my public persona, but you may not judge me on who I choose to love!

Whether Mr. Lemon realizes it or not, his public admission will impact his life positively, if viewed from an objective perspective. It has become clear to me that this revelation has no doubt helped him to identify who his true friends and supporters are. His true friends will be the people who will continue to love him and embrace him for the wonderful man that he is. The people who will now shun him and negatively criticize him and his sexuality will be the people (that in my opinion) he can easily do without. Furthermore, it is to his advantage to identify these people now and remove them from his life so that the quality of his life will be more fulfilling, happier, more productive, and stress free.

Thousands who heard his announcement unanimously agree that Don Lemon is setting a terrific positive example for our LGBT youth. It is undeniable that it was his phenomenal talent, drive, and journalistic ability which landed him the job as news anchor and these are the wonderful attributes that the world's LGBT youth will recognize and want to emulate.

In conclusion, I wish to state that when questioned by the media as to why he chose this moment and time to come out, Don responded by stating that he did it to save lives because so many LGBT youth and young adults are committing suicide.

As a global HIV Advocate, I know that Don's coming out is extremely significant, not only because his actions are a deterrent in regards to keeping same-gender-loving people from committing suicide, but also because it has been proven by clinicians and HIV caregivers the world over that people who embrace their sexual orientation are less likely to become infected with the AIDS virus!

Today, millions of Americans remain unaware of the fact that HIV rates continue to climb at terrifying rates in the African American and Latino communities. More than 1 million people in the United States are now HIV positive, and 1 out of 5 people are unaware that they are even infected with the disease. According to The Center of Disease Control, AIDS is the third leading cause of death for both black men and black women ages 35 to 44.

For teens and young adults, the statistics are even more daunting. Ciara Thomas, a writer for www.HealthyPlace.com (America's Mental Health Channel), stated that gay teens account for one-third of teens who commit suicide. With so many countless teens and African Americans falling prey to premature deaths and disease, this perhaps, is the most significant reason as to why Don's coming out is so very timely and will without a doubt be the life-saving remedy for both heterosexual and same-gender-loving people as well.

I think News Analyst and author; Herndon Davis said it best when he expressed his congratulations to Don in his article entitled "Will Black America Embrace CNN's Don Lemon's Coming Out??"

Said Davis, "Whether you are straight or gay, you should embrace Don Lemon's coming out not because of a politically correct induced statement but because he is someone taking a risk, placing himself, his career and even his physical safety on the line in order to help so many others. And that within itself is well worth my support. Congratulations to Don Lemon!!"

I would just like to add my Amen! to that thought-provoking statement!

by Angel Mason, Global Author
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"YOU HAVE SEWN THE STORM AND SURELY YOU WILL REAP THE WHIRLWIND!"

A vicious immoral insanity has invaded Uganda like a biblical plague, and is now eating away at her soul and festering amongst her people like a virulent malignant disease. Moreover, this plague, if not stopped, excised and exorcised from Ugandan culture, will continue to incite more political oppression, more unjustified murders and more unwarranted and illegal imprisonments. This insanity that I refer to is extreme homophobia, which has been tragically and purposely imported into the country by Right wing Christian evangelical leaders, resulting in disastrous consequences for the people of Uganda. This intolerant mindset has been eagerly and cruelly embraced by Ugandan government officials, who have now codified this extreme form of homophobic genocide into their very country's constitution.

Every disease, whether physical or spiritual is spread by a host or a carrier. Subsequently, after carefully researching the facts and events which led to this spiritual affliction and infection, we have determined the agents of this heartbreaking virus. Thusly, we name you Scott Lively, Caleb Lee Brundidge, Don Schmierer, Richard Cohen, Rev. Rick Warren and your protégé Dr. Martin Ssempa, as the primary carriers of this blighted philosophy. Moreover, we also name Republican Senator James Inhofe as a secondary enabling agent of this vicious strain of poisonous hatred. But the major blame for being the main delivery system and introducing this toxic madness to the governmental system of Uganda, we lay at the feet of David Bahati (architect of the Bill and Member of the Ugandan Parliament and also African point man of the Washington Right Wing cabal, known as "The Family").

What is amazing about you right wing "Religious leaders" from America is your hypocrisy and misguided egos. Moreover, it is for good reason that I make the distinction of referring to you as "Religious" and not spiritual leaders because the word "Religious" denotes a fanatical devotion to doctrine and dogma which often results in zealous mindlessness and misguided actions, whereas, "Spiritual" connotes possessing an intimate relationship with the Creator, e.g.: The Holy Spirit, God, or Christ. Moreover, when we examine your historical actions, we observe no real spiritual fruit from your ministries, but instead poisonous and toxic offerings with which you have deceitfully and fraudulently passed off to the body of Christ as teachings of Christ. Consequently, for this apostasy, for this act of spiritual perversion, you have purposely sown the storm of religious fear and confusion with seeds of hatred and homophobia, and for that you shall surely reap the whirlwind of Divine Judgment!

What is even more baffling and disappointing to me, is how you "Religious" leaders claim to be led by God, as a justifications for your actions. This is far from the truth! Because if you were truly anointed by God, then your five senses would be similarly anointed or Divinely sensitized as well, but they are not! For if they were, then the screams of the murdered and tortured would assault your ears so greatly, that you would not be able to sleep at night, as a result of the forces that you have set in motion. Your eyes could not help but observe the hurt, harm, and suffering that you have afflicted upon the innocent people of Uganda. Furthermore, the stench of fear and desperation would overpower your sense of smell, as would the taste of innocent blood gag you, as it filled your mouths, while you felt the innocent blood dripping from your very hands. You have unleashed a great evil in the name of Christ: The Prince of Divine Love and Peace! In the Bible, Christ proclaimed that He came to fulfill the promise of the Scriptures. Christ also proclaimed that there were two new commandments which supersede all the others and they were One: Love the Lord with all thy Heart! Two: Love thy neighbor as thyself! How can you possibly reconcile the evil that you have done against these precepts? I challenge you to show me where in the Scriptures does Christ call for the deaths of gay people? Where does Christ: The Divine Manifestation of God's love admonish the authorities to lock them up? There is a famous aphorism which states "Thoughts are things and words have power!" And Richard Cohen, the very inflammatory words in your published book "Coming Out Straight," have unleashed a destructive power in the land! "On Page 49, you list a damning litany of false facts that have been used by Ugandan homophobes to justify their ruthless oppression and criminalization of same gender loving people. These so-called facts, were so false, so fallacious and inflammatory that when exposed on national television, you stated that they would be deleted from future editions. However, the damage has been done, Richard Cohen, and your lies and false statements have been used as fodder for the horrific "Kill the Gays Bill" that has been enacted by the Ugandan Government! Consequently, no amount of back pedaling, no amount of protestations of innocence, and no amount of political evasion can absolve you from being an integral part in this bloody genocide! As a renown T.V. news host truthfully told you on the air, 'YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!' It is also truly regrettable, even damning, that you and other "Religious leaders" who profess to be former gay men, are so anxious and desperate to turn public scrutiny away from your selves. You are so deeply entrenched in self-hate that you would willingly sanction, overtly or covertly, Ugandan governmental policies which legally legislate genocide and gross human rights violations. But this we say to you and to your similarly conflicted colleagues: A wife and children does not a heterosexual make!

The same charge of hypocrisy can be laid at your feet, Rick Warren, the Global "Religious" leader and author of "The Purpose Driven Life." It is common knowledge that you are anti-gay from previously made statements. Most conservative ministers are. But, It is also common knowledge about the close mentoring relationship between you and Dr. Martin Ssempa, Uganda Chairman of the National Task Force Against Homosexuality, who was a frequent visitor to your Saddleback Church! Dr. Ssempa, by his own lips, professed how he wrote letters to you asking your advice on these issues of homosexual criminalization and how you said nothing! Edmund Burke prophetically said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing!" Consequently, your silence was damning! It was tacit approval of your inner views concerning the subject. Consequently, you too, have sown the storm of religious fanaticism and political oppression with your seeds of silence! You too, will reap the whirlwind of Divine Judgment, as you give an account of your lack of action, before God, as to why you allowed such a travesty to take place! No amount of videos pleading for peace and tolerance, after the fact, can undo the hurt, the harm, and suffering that your silence evoked! No amount of feigning ignorance of these events will exonerate you or erase the stain from your soul! You too, shall stand before a loving God and will be weighed in the balances of justice and be found wanting, as will your protégé Dr. Ssempa! His was a crime of commission, but yours was a crime of omission. Sadly, many others are guilty of such damning political and moral apathy. People such as Republican senator: James Inhofe. You possessed close personal relationships with Ugandan political officials. You had the opportunity to rein in these horrific and homophobic political machinations. You possessed the power to temper, moderate and bring sanity and reason to this homophobic madness and hysteria, but you did nothing because deep down in your heart, you delighted in these human rights violations and thought that you could evade blame for the tragic consequences it generated. The "Kill the Gays Bill" served your own right wing agendas of hate and homophobic discrimination. You Right wing senators have sown that very storm of religious and political madness with the seeds of criminal neglect from which you shall surely reap the whirlwind of Divine Justice!

Lastly, we charge you David Bahati, member of Uganda Parliament, with the crimes of political and moral treason. You have betrayed your vow to protect the nation of Uganda and the weal of its people, and in its place you have substituted and inserted your own hatreds and personal demons into one of the most appalling pieces of legislation ever to be crafted in any country, appropriately nicknamed the "KILL THE GAYS BILL!" That you would stubbornly advocate and legislate such a human rights monstrosity is beyond belief! What is puzzling and even more frightening, is that you hold a position of power within the Ugandan Parliament. You foolishly assert that because the country of Uganda does not hold the genocide of same sex people as a human right violation, that it is not one. You foolishly advocate that any Ugandan gay person OUTSIDE of Uganda having consensual sex in any other part of the world should be extradited back to Uganda to be imprisoned. You foolishly rail against and denounce other compassionate nations who have taken an appropriate stand against your policies by refusing to fund your country or grant you monetary aid. Subsequently, you have made Uganda a Pariah in the world community. You, David Bahati, have sown the storm of moral cruelty, intolerance and oppression with your acts of ignorance and gross insensitivity and you are now deservingly reaping the whirlwind of world censure. Consequently, like all of your aforementioned fellow "Religious" and civil conspirators, who have plunged Uganda back into "The Dark Ages", although we recoil in horror from your actions, and weep real tears for the innocent lives that your misguided cabal are destroying, we do not hate you, nor wish you harm because we know that the mills of God grind slowly but justly! We also know that God will allow no government, no nation or no one to arbitrarily and inhumanely destroy His creations. Lastly, we know that you and your colleagues will surely face Divine Retribution because as the Scriptures so perfectly and prophetically promised that "whosoever sows the storm, will surely reap the whirlwind!"

By Terry Angel Mason, Global Author

Note: Special thanks to Asim, my Personal Assistant for his assistance and research in regards to this writing project.

Post Script:
Because of the murderous consequences the American Right wing Evangelicals have visited upon Uganda, America owes the Ugandan Same Sex Community a moral, spiritual and karmic debt that must be expiated and expunged! We call on Congress and President Obama to emulate and duplicate the heroic and compassionate example of The U.K. and likewise offer political asylum to the persecuted same sex community of Uganda. Surely the famous words inscribed upon the Statue of Liberty "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" should include them as well!

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